This work gives you clear, definite instructions how best to meet all
emergencies—medical and surgical; how to improvise things needed in
the sick-room. There are chapters on _the nurse_—her responsibilities,
duties, deportment, etc.; on _the sick-room_—its preparation, care,
hygiene, etc.; on _nursing medical cases_—observations of patient,
bodily care, relief of functional disturbances, administration of
medicines, general and local applications; on _obstetric cases_—signs
of pregnancy, disorders of pregnancy, conduct of labor, care of mother
and child, cesarean section, etc.; on _gynecologic nursing_—preparation
for operation, after-care, sequelæ, surgical disinfection, accidents
and emergencies, nursing in infectious diseases, nursing of sick
children, etc.
=Fifth Edition—Published August, 1916.=
By EMILY A. M. STONEY. Revised by LUCY CORNELIA CATLIN,
R.N. Cloth, $1.75 net.